The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 6, 2080
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 PM
7:24 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1944
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.9° / 331.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / 2.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.69° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / -1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.80° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.